couper
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verb
- to cut, cut up; to chop, to sever
- to cut, to clip, to trim
- to cut off, to keep out, to bar
- to take away
- to stop, prevent
Forms
Present
| I | coupe |
|---|---|
| you | coupes |
| he, she, it | coupe |
| we | coupons |
| you (plural) | coupez |
| they | coupent |
Imperfect
| I | coupais |
|---|---|
| you | coupais |
| he, she, it | coupait |
| we | coupions |
| you (plural) | coupiez |
| they | coupaient |
Past historic
| I | coupai |
|---|---|
| you | coupas |
| he, she, it | coupa |
| we | coupâmes |
| you (plural) | coupâtes |
| they | coupèrent |
Future
| I | couperai |
|---|---|
| you | couperas |
| he, she, it | coupera |
| we | couperons |
| you (plural) | couperez |
| they | couperont |
Conditional
| I | couperais |
|---|---|
| you | couperais |
| he, she, it | couperait |
| we | couperions |
| you (plural) | couperiez |
| they | couperaient |
Subjunctive
| I | coupe |
|---|---|
| you | coupes |
| he, she, it | coupe |
| we | coupions |
| you (plural) | coupiez |
| they | coupent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | coupasse |
|---|---|
| you | coupasses |
| he, she, it | coupât |
| we | coupassions |
| you (plural) | coupassiez |
| they | coupassent |
Imperative
| you | coupe |
|---|---|
| we | coupons |
| you (plural) | coupez |
Other forms
| infinitive | couper |
|---|---|
| past participle | coupé |
| gerund | coupant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Je vais couper du bois et je vais réparer le toit.I am going to cut wood and I am going to repair the roof.A2Une lettre de Nouvelle-France — A letter from New France
- On ne coupe pas la salade avec un couteau. On la plie avec la fourchette.You don't cut lettuce with a knife. You fold it with your fork.A2Le pain et le fromage — Bread and cheese
- Le père Chapdelaine et Tit'Bé coupaient des aunes; Da'Bé et Esdras mettaient en tas les arbres coupés.Father Chapdelaine and Tit'Bé cut alders; Da'Be and Ezra piled the cut trees.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- C'est que je te couperais la langue, vois-tu?I'd cut your tongue off, you know?B2Le Chevalier de Mornac